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For my six-month-old daughter, every day is a bad hair day. Her hair is LONG in back-- at least a couple inches past the base of her neck. It has a very pronounced side part, and is long enough in the front to fall in to her eyes. And of course, she still has a bald spot in the back, surrounded by dry, frizzy, knot-prone bits, from before she started sleeping on her tummy. (The upside is, she has plenty for a comb-over!) The sides come down to the bottom of her ears, and tend to stick straight forward.
It stands up straight a lot of the time. And even when we manage to comb it flat, the bit in her eyes is bothersome to her. The question is, how on earth do you give a six-month-old a haircut?? And what sort of style would work for a baby girl? I actually don't want style. I want practicality. I want her to look like her hair hasn't been cut. Help? |
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| I just took my daughter to her first cut. We went to Angel's on Washington Blvd in Arlington. Nolaska cut her hair. My baby didn't even know she was having a cut. It was really uneven before because some long hair was from when she was born and she has new hair that's thicker and shorter. Basically, she had a mullet. She sat in my lap and I cried... but she was as happy as could be. I gave her a curler to hold and study. |
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| I am kind of in love with my son's crazy baby hair right now and am avoiding getting it cut -- instead we are collecting pictures. His is spikey right at the crown, longish in back, and scraggly like an old man over his ears, but totally receding/bald at his temples. He does not notice and thinks the kid in the mirror is gorgeous. It sounds though like your little girl is actually not liking the hair in her eyes....maybe you could just trim that little bit back yourself for now if you're worried she'll hate getting a "real" haircut at this age? |
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| My 6 month old DS has hair just like your daughter's and we've actually already cut it once cause he was growing a serious mullet! I held his head steady and my husband use rounded tip scissors to trim the crazy parts. Keep him entretained by having him look at himself in the mirror while we were doing it helped. |
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I cut my DD's hair myself. Used the round-end scissors from newborn kit, wet her hair a little bit and had her watch TV for a bit. Worked well. I would twist the strand and then cut it across - not the best layering look but who cares!
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| I would let it grown and just put it in a little pony on top of her head, except for the bangs, maybe trim them so they stay out of her eyes. We would trim our DD's bangs while she was sleeping. Good luck |
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I'd trim across the back just a bit in order to avoid the mullet look.Then, when the front hair is a bit longer (and your baby is less of a baby and more of a toddler), you could either shape it more (into a bob, for example), trim bangs, or let it all grow long.
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my DS's hair was just like that, but I didn't want to cut it. I was hoping it would get all curly and cute, the way mine was when I was a baby! but, it wouldn't curl and just ended up hanging in his face most of the time. down under his nose. he was born with a full head of hair. some of it on the sides and back had fallen out when he was a couple of months old, so he had hair of all different lengths and started to look a little scary.
SO... I asked this board for recs on professional stylists for babies. at 8 months I took him to Rosemary at Salon Familia in D.C., just south of chevy chase circle. she was awesome! she gave him an actual hair cut -- not some standard beatles/bowl cut. it made such a difference. she said that now that his hair had been cut evenly, his curls would start to come in. she was right! I guess is was all of those mismatched hair lengths that kept his hair from looking cute. anyway, we paid $20, plus tip. worth every penny. good luck! |